Service difficulty report · Seal · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
April 15, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft time
11,743 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Part
Seal
Part number
9660036206
Condition
Leaking
Location
Fcu
Part time
369 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) WHEN BOOST PUMPS WERE ACTIVATED, FUEL WAS SEEN COMING OUT OF THE ACFT ENGINE DRAIN. ONCE THE ACFT STARTED, THE LEAK WOULD STOP. ENGINE MFG KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND SAYS THAT THE SEALS ARE POOR. WE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THIS FCU AND 2 OTHERS WITH A TOTAL OF 5 SEALS BEING REPLACED AFTER THE INITIAL O/H. AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE ARE WONDERING IF THIS A SAFETY CONCERN. ENGINE MFG HAS INDICATED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE IF THE LEAKS STOP ONCE THE ACFT HAS STARTED.